Foldable garment-hanger.



l.. KALINA. `FOLDBLE GARMENT HANGER. APPLICATION flu-:D 050.24. 1914.

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LOESER KALINA, GF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDABLE GARMENT-HANGER. Y

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3G, i915.

Application filed December 24, 1914. Serial IIo. 878,971.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, Lonsnn KALINA, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved FoldableGarment-Hanger, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved foldablegarment hanger, more especially designed for supporting trousers andlike garments, and arranged to fold into a comparatively small packagefor conveniently carrying it along in a pocket, valise, trunk or thelike, and

adapted to be readily extended and hung up for use on a hook or othersuitable support.

ln order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of a casing, armspivoted on the casing to-fold therein or to extend in oppositedirectionsand at angles to the said casing, and fastening devicespivoted on the `free ends of the saidarms to fold thereon or depend fromthe same at the time the arms are in extended position. s A practicalembodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawingsforming a part of this specification, in which similar characters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of the garment hanger with the parts infolded position; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same with the parts inextended position; Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of a portion'ofthe same on theline 3--3 of Fig. 2; Fig. fl is an end view of one of theclamping devices; Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section of the garmenthanger with the parts in folded position; Fig. 6 is an enlarged crosssection of the garment hanger on the line 6 6 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 7 is asectional side elevation of the garment hanger with the .parts in foldedposition, the section being on the'fline 7-7 of Fig. 1.

The casingA of the garment hanger is approximately U-shaped, that is, isopen at the sides and the bottom, and the lower end of the casing A isprovided with two trans- 2 and 3. The arms C and C D, D is preferablyver'sely extending spaced pivots B, B, on which are mounted to swingarms C, C adapted to be folded through the open sides of the casing intothe casing (see Figs. 1, 5 and 7), or to be extended therefrom inopposite directions in an approximately horizontal position, as plainlyindicatedY in Figs.

are made hollow and preferably of inverted U shape in cross section, andon the free ends of the said arms C and C are held transverselyextending pivots E, E on which are mounted to swing fastening devices Dand D adapted` to depend from the free ends of the said arms C and C atthe time the said arms are in extended position, as shown in Figs. 2 and3, and the said fastening devicesiD and D areadapted to fold into thehollow arms C, C at the time the latter are swung into folded positionwithin the casing A. Each of the fastening devices in the form of aclamp having two Yjaws D2 pressed on by a spring F to normally hold thejaws in closed position with .a portion of the garment clamped betweenthe jaws so as to support the said garment. The jaws D2 of eachfastening ,device D are provided with fingerpieces D3 extending beyondthe free ends of the arms C and C soas to permit the user toconveniently take hold of the said fingerpieces and press the sametoward each other with a VView to open the jaws D2 when it is desired topass a portion of the garment between the clampingjaws D2 or to removethe saidv garment portion from the jaws D2. As shown in the drawings,the spring F is preferably a U-shaped spring attached at its free endsto the ngerpieces D3 and extending between the said fingerpieces, aswill be readily understood by reference to Figs. 2, 5 and 6. A ring Gsurrounds the reduced portions D4 of the jaws D2 of each fasteningdevice D andV this ring is slidable up and down on the said reducedportions so as to allow of conveniently opening the jaws D2 when thering is in uppermost position and to securely lock the j aws D2 againstopening at the time said jaws are in closed position. Each of the pivotsE, E passes eoVA through elongated apertures D5 formed in to allow thefastening devices to easily swing into or out of position in the hollowarms C, C. The bottoms of the jaws D2 are preferably provided withregistering tongues and grooves D7, D8 to insure va secure clamping andholding of the garment material when placed between the jaws D2 (seeFig. 4l).

In order to impart an initial opening movement to the arms C and C whenfolded in the casing A, use is made of a doubled-up flat spring II heldon a transverse pin I attached to the casing A intermediate the pivots Band B. The free ends of the spring H are curved outwardly in oppositedirections so that when the arms C, C are swung upward into foldingposition then the backs of the arms engage the fiee ends of the springI-I to compress the same. The spring H is held in an approximatelyhorizontal upright position by indentations or lugs J struck up on thecasing A in an inward direction so as to engage the outer faces of theside arms of the spring H at a 'point a short distance above the pin I.

In order to close the open sides of the casing A with a View to hold theside arms C and C in folded position, use is made of a cover K,preferably in the form of an inverted U-shaped frame having its freeends mounted to swing on a pin K held in a bearing K2 connected by aswivel K3 with thel top of the casing A. The cover K is adapted to beswung downward on its pin K so that the side arms of the cover K fitover the side openings of the casingA to 'close the said casing at thesides and thus hold the arms C, C in folded position within the casingA, as plainly indicated in Figs. 1, 5 and 7. The casing A and the coverK are approximately the same as vthe parts shown and described in theLetters Patent `the top of the casing A to permit of convenientlyhooking the cover K onto a hook, nail or other suitable support and tosuspend the garment hanger in a closet or other structure. It will alsobe noticed that by the arrangement described the casing A with the armsC, C and the fastening devices 2D, D in open position can be readily`turned around to move the fastening devices into 'the desired positionfor convenient manipu- Y lation by the user when placing a garment'.invfposition. on the said fasteningV devices lojr removing ittherefrom, as previously explained.

In practice, the garment will be engaged with both fastening devices Dand D so as to'properly support the garment to prevent the saine fromundesirable creases.

The garment hanger shown and described is very simple and durable inconstruction and can be cheaply manufactured, and when not in use thearms C, Cf can be readily swung upward 4into folded position within thecasing A and in doing so the fastening devices D, D swing into foldedVposition within the arms C, C. When the side arms and the fasteningdevices are in folded position the casing A can be readily closed byswinging the cover K downward to Vclose the sides of the casing and tohold theV arms C, C against outward movement. When it is desired to usethe garment hanger, the user simply swings the cover K upward into openposition to allow the free ends of the spring H to start the arms C andC on their outward and downward swinging movement, it being understoodthat after the arms C and C have been started they readily swing intofinal horizontal open position by their own weight and that of the Yfastening devices D, D which latter during the downward swingingmovement of the arms C, C swing into open position by their own weight.The downward swinging movement of the arms C, C is limited by providingthe said arms with straight heels C2 adapted to abut against the sidesof the spring H at the pin I, as willbe readily understood by referenceto Fig. 3. VOther suitable means, however, may be provided for limitingthe opening movement of the said side arms C and C. Y

Having thus described my invention, I

tending approximately in ahorizontal plane and in opposite directionsfrom the open sides of the casing, and clamping devices each having apair offspring-pressed pivoted jaws having handles and fulcrumed on theclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters free ends of the said arms,the said jaws being adapted to fold within the said hollow arms,lthesaid handles projectingv above the arms at the time the latter are inextended position.

2. A garment ing open at the sides, arms .pivoted independently one ofthe other in the lower end` of the casing to fold therein orto extend inopposite Vdirections and at angles from-the hanger, comprising acascasing, the .pivoted ends-of the said arms" l having straight heels,and a fiat spring in In testimony whereof I have signed my the lower endof the casing and adapted to name to this specification in the presenceof bear against the said arms at the time the two subscribing witnesses.latter are in folded position within the cas- LOESER KALINA.

5 ing, the said spring forming a. stop for the Witnesses:

said heels to limit the downward swinging THEO. J. HosTER, movement ofthe arms.` PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

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